Resource Letter EM-1: Electromagnetic Momentum

2011/12/21 by David J. Griffiths · 1 voice · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.1119/1.3641979

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Abstract

This Resource Letter surveys the literature on momentum in electromagnetic fields, including the general theory, the relation between electromagnetic momentum and vector potential, “hidden” momentum, the 4/3 problem for electromagnetic mass, and the Abraham–Minkowski controversy regarding the field momentum in polarizable and magnetizable media.

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• Quantization of the electromagnetic fields from single atomic or molecular radiators
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Discussions

• In a similar way, do particles also have intrinsic linear momentum? That is, can the particle have linear momentum without physically moving? In Newtonian mechanics linear momentum of a body is always [stackexchange, 1 points]

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